
Hard Corps has since been considered to be a spin-off from the mainline Contra entries. Hard Corps spawned its own series of follow-ups including the Appaloosa-developed sequels, Contra: Legacy of War & C: The Contra Adventure and the Arc System Works-developed prequel, Hard Corps: Uprising.


The game features a branching storyline with multiple possible endings. A new task force, known as the titular "Hard Corps", are sent to deal with the situation. Set five years after the events of Contra III: The Alien Wars, a terrorist group led by the renegade Colonel Bahamut has stolen an alien cell recovered from the war and now intends to use it to produce weapons. Contra: Hard Corps, released as Contra: The Hard Corps in Japan and Probotector in Europe and Australia, is a run and gun video game released by Konami for the Sega Genesis in 1994, making it the first game in the Contra series released for a Sega platform.
